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Keele University, in Staffordshire, is 10 minutes from junctions 1516 of the M6, or 30 minutes by bus from Stoke-on-Trent railway station on the West Coast mainline. The university is 40 miles south of Manchester and 45 miles north of Birmingham. The MSc in Clinical Psychological Research provides research training and taught content in clinical psychological research, building on areas of staff research expertise at Keele. It prepares students for a Clinical Doctorate, a PhD in psychological research relevant to clinical psychology and other relevant careers. Our training is based closely on our staff research interests. These currently reflect strengths in interventions to help people on the autistic spectrum Acceptance and Commitment Therapy psychological caregiving in physical illness the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities building clinical research capacity interprofessional learning neuropsychological investigations of memory and executive function in patients with Parkinsons Disease, anteriormedial thalamic lesions, Schizophrenia and Major Affective Disorder neuropsychological changes in McArdle Diseae and pathologies of belief such as the Capgras Delusion and Cotards Delusion and effects of various agents on human cognitive performance, including alcohol, mild head injury and repetitive movement. This course aims to build on our research expertise by providing structured psychological training in clinical psychological research so that those successfully completing the course can proceed along a career path related to clinical psychology. The course lasts for 12 months and you get excellent support throughout, studying on a one-to-one basis and in small groups in Psychology and with larger numbers of masters students across the rest of the university. There is a dedicated study space within the school of psychology and plenty of opportunities to gain relevant experience through the course and while you are a postgraduate student. All of our recent MSc graduates have gone on to pursue careers in psychology, either through PhDs at Keele or elsewhere or through work as research assistants or in a clinical context.